KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — Policies and regulations on free flow of data across the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) must be realised urgently to further promote digitalisation and its growing participation in the region.

SINGAPORE, Nov 10 — Southeast Asia's internet economy will hit US$105 billion (RM432 billion) this year, as the coronavirus crisis prompted stuck-at-home consumers to go online to shop, get food delivered at home and for entertainment purposes, an industry report said on Tuesday.

Oct 24 — Asia surpassed 10 million infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the second-heaviest regional toll in the world, according to a Reuters tally, as cases continue to mount in India despite a slowdown and sharp declines elsewhere.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — Malaysia is keeping pace with Southeast Asia’s digital transformation by recording the highest percentage of digital consumers with 83 per cent of its population (aged 15 years and above), based on a study titled “Digital Consumers of Tomorrow, Here Today” conducted by Facebook and Bain & Company.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 (Bernama) -- The Covid-19 pandemic has lifted the eSports and gaming industry particularly in Southeast Asia on the back of rising income per capita and increase in smartphone penetration.

SYDNEY, July 27 — Countries around Asia are confronting a second wave of coronavirus infections and are clamping down again to try to contain the disease, with Australia recording a record daily rise in cases and Vietnam locking down the city of Danang.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — Malaysia leads other countries in Southeast Asia in the usage of mobile/digital wallets at 40 per cent, ahead of the Philippines (36 per cent), Thailand (27 per cent) and Singapore (26 per cent), according to a Mastercard Impact Study 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — Malaysians need to look at how to embrace the new normal of everyday life as well as continue to contribute to the economic recovery post-Covid-19 pandemic, said market research company Ipsos.